Karl Ramseger Mill

Karl Ramseger-Mühle (born December 26, 1900 in Fluterschen , Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) , † March 3, 1961 in Koblenz ) was a German writer .

Life

Karl Ramseger was the youngest of six children; his father was operations manager at the nearby Jagenberg company. He attended elementary school in Altenkirchen and then later switched to middle school . His training took place in technical offices a. a. in Bingen . On March 1, 1918, he reported as a war volunteer in the Heeres-Nachrichten-Ersatz -teilung Saarlouis . After the end of the First World War , after previous practical courses, he studied at the Friedberg Polytechnic in Hesse and wanted to become a mechanical engineer . At the beginning of the 1920s he applied to the engineering academy in Wismar to finish his studies ; but due to inner turmoil he did not start the course. The beginnings of his literary work fall during this time. On December 30, 1921, he married Lina Schumann , daughter of a hereditary farm and mill owner in Oberwambach , and worked in the business of his in-laws. Because of this work, which was not particularly suitable for him, he got little time to write. But the romance of the mill moved him to add the addition mill to his last name . He became known beyond the Westerwald with the historical novel about Countess Louise Juliane zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , "The Countess of Sayn" . The first version appeared in 1932; however, he revised it in 1948. This was his most extensive book and brought him success and recognition, while his novellas ( Dietrich Schneider, Gotteslehen, Die Wacholderhex, Die Amerikaer-Marei or Kamerad Teilänzer ), his poetry ( Der Nebelreigen or Sonnets der Schmach ) and Dramas ( Fred Heimberg , 1924) are largely forgotten. Ramseger also published numerous local history works in newspapers and magazines, the main direction of his research were dialect, field names, traditional costumes, states and tribal areas, clan studies and others. In the 1950s he published the family history of the Ramsegers in two volumes. In 1950 he left Oberwambach with his family and moved to Oberlahnstein , where he worked as a freelance writer from 1947 to 1952. From the end of 1952 he worked for the French occupation bureaucracy and later switched to the Federal Procurement Office in Koblenz. He is buried in Oberlahnstein.

literature

• Horst Ascheid: Karl Ramseger mill . In: Pictures of life from the Altenkirchen district . Altenkirchen, 1975.

Web links

• The Countess of Sayn